PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION L
CLUBS: OPERATIONS
SECTION L: FIXTURES
Arranging Fixtures Old Rule
L.1. The dates of League Matches shall be fixed and published by the Board as soon as
practicable prior to the commencement of each Season and except as otherwise
provided in this Section of these Rules, League Matches shall be played on the
dates thus fixed.
L.2. No fixtures shall be arranged on or on any of the 6 days preceding the 4 dates
agreed between the League and the Football Association prior to each Season
upon which international matches will be played.
L.3. Except for League Matches scheduled to be televised live and subject to Rules
L.4, L.6, L.7, and L.8, weekend League Matches will be played on Saturdays.
L.4. League Matches will be played on New Year’s Day unless:
L.4.1. it falls on a Sunday; or
L.4.2. it falls on a Thursday or Friday and F.A. Cup matches are scheduled to be
played on the immediately following Saturday.
L.5. All intellectual property and other rights in the League’s fixture list shall belong
to the League.
Rearranging Fixtures Old Rule
L.6. The Board shall have power at any time to change the date upon which a League
Match is to be played. Before exercising such power the Board will consult with and
take into account any representations made by the Clubs participating in the League
Match in question and any other Club or Clubs which may be affected thereby.
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L.7. A Club engaged in any match played in a UEFA competition on a Thursday evening
and a League Match on the following Saturday may rearrange the League Match
to the following Sunday provided that:
L.7.1. it gives notice to that effect to the Secretary and to its League Match
opposing Club within 72 hours of the date of the UEFA match being fixed (or,
if the period of 72 hours expires on a day which is not a Working Day, by
close of business on the first Working Day thereafter);
L.7.2. there is no police objection;
L.7.3. the rearrangement of the League Match does not result in the opposing
Club having to play another League Match, F.A. Cup match or UEFA match
within 2 days of the rearranged League Match being played.
L.8. A Club may apply to the Board to rearrange a Saturday fixture so that it is played
on the preceding Friday or the following Sunday and in considering whether to
exercise its power to do so the Board shall have regard also to:
L.8.1. the principle that such applications shall not normally be granted in respect
of more than 2 League Matches in any one week;
L.8.2. the effect any such rearrangements would have on published football
pool coupons.
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